Taboo Comedy: Television and Controversial Humour: 2016
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The essays in this collection explore taboo and controversial humour in traditional scripted...
A Book for Her
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Bridget Christie is a stand-up comedian, idiot and feminist. On the 30th of April 2012, a man farted...
Sarah Millican: The Biography of the Funniest Woman in Britain
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Cake baker, cat lover, agony aunt - she's one of the country's brightest new comedy talents. But who...
I Laughed, I Cried: One Woman, One Hundred Days, the Mother of All Challenges
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'The working mum's version of Eddie Izzard's 50 marathons in 50 days. Hilarious.' Sally Phillips...
Fluffing the Concrete: Making the Most of Foreign Prison - or Anything Else
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Before performing stand-up comedy on The Tonight Show and writing on the staff of Politically...
A Philosophy of Comedy on Stage and Screen: You Have to be There
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As far as we know, only human beings have a sense of humour - although chimps might laugh when...
Is This Anything?
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The first book in twenty-five years from Jerry Seinfeld features his best work across five decades...
Why the Long Joke?
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This is a very silly book. There are lots of jokes (I mean it; there are hundreds). Also: dozens of...
Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come
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What would happen if a shy introvert lived like a gregarious extrovert for one year? If she...
A Cockney at Work - The Story of Gus Elen and His Songs
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Music hall now seems a distant and insignificant form of entertainment, but the TV talent show,...